A Speaker Must, Yes, Communicate

What the House of Representatives needs is less a new Speaker than a new way of speaking. From the experience of five years inside top staff levels of the House, and another 19 observing closely from outside, I offer a prescription for effective reform of how the House does its business — because for decades now, as the man said to Cool Hand Luke, “what we have he-uh is a-failyer ta cahmehnicate.”

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